[38950] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Exploding manhole covers in Washington DC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sat Jun 23 22:26:10 2001
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 22:11:10 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <20010614203655.23353.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net> from "Sean Donelan" at Jun 14, 2001 01:36:55 PM
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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Sean Donelan said:
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> It was the hottest day so far this year in Washington DC, and
> once again PEPCO had a case of exploding manhole covers.
After a multi-day power outage in the yuppiest part of town, the
mayor had a sit-down with PEPCO, Verizontal, Washington Gas, and
the water/sewer folks. The reason? A coordinated "upgrade all of
the stuff with one cut..." project along M Street.
Conspicuously absent from the press reports was any mention
of fiber folks in attendence, or duct space for same....
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